Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.

Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IOC code	NED
NOC	Dutch Olympic Committee* Dutch Sports Federation
Website	www.nocnsf.nl (in Dutch)
in London
Competitors	113 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Jan de Boer
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Further information: 1908 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1908 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Netherlands national football team Reinier Beeuwkes Frans de Bruyn Kops Bok de Korver Vic Gonsalves Karel Heijting John Heijting Jan Kok Lo La Chapelle Miel Mundt Louis Otten Jops Reeman Edu Snethlage Ed Sol Jan Thomée Jan van den Berg Toine van Renterghem Caius Welcker	Football		October 24
Bronze	Johan Burk, Bernardus Croon, Hermannus Höfte, Albertus Wielsma	Rowing	Men's coxless four	July 31

Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Athlete	Heats	Semifinals	Final
Men's 100 metres	Heats	Victor Henny	Unknown 3rd, heat 1	Did not advance
		Jacobus Hoogveld	Unknown 3rd, heat 9
		Evert Koops	Unknown 4th, heat 3
		Ernestus Greven	Unknown 4-5, heat 4
Men's 200 metres	Heats	Victor Henny	Unknown 2nd, heat 1	Did not advance
		Henk van der Wal	Unknown 3rd, heat 2
		Ernestus Greven	Unknown 3rd, heat 6
		Jacobus Hoogveld	Unknown 3rd, heat 15
		Evert Koops	Unknown 4th, heat 3
		Cornelis den Held	Unknown 4th, heat 12
Men's 400 metres	Heats	Cornelis den Held	Unknown 2nd, heat 12	Did not advance
		Jacobus Hoogveld	Unknown 2nd, heat 16
		Bram Evers	Unknown 3rd, heat 15
		Victor Henny	Unknown 4th, heat 7
		Henk van der Wal	Unknown 4th, heat 14
Men's 800 metres	Semi- finalist	Arie Vosbergen	None held	Unknown 4th, semifinal 6	Did not advance
		Henk van der Wal		Unknown 6th, semifinal 1
		Bram Evers		Unknown 6th, semifinal 7
Men's 1500 metres	Semi- finalist	Arie Vosbergen	None held	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 6	Did not advance
		Jacques Keyser		Unknown 9th, semifinal 1
Men's 400 metre hurdles	Semi- finalist	Evert Koops	Walkover 1st, heat 1	Did not finish —, semifinal 1	Did not advance
Men's medley relay	Semi- finalist	Evert Koops Jacobus Hoogveld Victor Henny Bram Evers	None held	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2	Did not advance
Men's 3 mile team race	—	Ary Vosbergen	None held	17:15.8 7 points, team=X	Did not advance
		Willem Wakker		17:46.4 8 points, team=X
		Wilhelmus Braams		Did not finish No score, team=X
Men's 5 miles	—	Willem Wakker	None held	Did not finish —, semifinal 2	Did not advance
		Wilhelmus Braams		Did not finish —, semifinal 3
		Jacques Keyser		Did not finish —, semifinal 4
		Arie Vosbergen		Did not finish —, semifinal 5
Men's marathon	20th	Willem Wakker	None held		3:28:49.0
	—	Wilhelmus Braams			Did not finish
		George Buff			Did not finish
		Arie Vosbergen			Did not finish
		W. F. Theunissen			Did not start
Men's 3500 metre walk	16th	Jo Goetzee	None held	17:37.8 7th, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		Johan Huijgen		17:37.8 7th, semifinal 3
	18th	Willem Winkelman		17:57.6 4th, semifinal 2
	20th	Petrus Ruimers		18:44.6 6th, semifinal 2
Men's 10 mile walk	14th	Petrus Ruimers	None held	1:27:38.8	Did not advance
	—	Jo Goetzee		Did not finish —, semifinal 1
		Piet Soudyn		Did not finish —, semifinal 1
		Willem Winkelman		Did not finish —, semifinal 1
		Johan Huijgen		Did not finish —, semifinal 2

Event	Place	Athlete	Height/ Distance
Men's long jump	21-32	Bram Evers	Unknown
		Jacobus Hoogveld	Unknown
Men's high jump	19th	Herman van Leeuwen	1.65 metres
Men's pole vault	14th	Coenraad Van Veenhuijsen	2.89 metres
	15th	Bram Evers	2.82 metres
Men's standing long jump	8-25	Bram Evers	Unknown
		Jacobus Hoogveld	Unknown
		Evert Koops	Unknown

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Cyclist	Heats	Semifinals	Final
Men's 660 yards	Semi- finalist	Johannes van Spengen	58.2 seconds 1st, heat 7	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
	Heats	Dorus Nijland	Unknown 2nd, heat 1	Did not advance
		Gerard Bosch van Drakenstein	Unknown 2nd, heat 13
		Georgius Damen	Unknown 3rd, heat 3
		Antonie Gerrits	Unknown 4th, heat 11
Men's 5000 metres	6th	Johannes van Spengen	None held	8:39.8 1st, semifinal 1	Unknown
	7th	Gerard Bosch van Drakenstein		8:42.8 1st, semifinal 4	Unknown
	Semi- finalist	Antonie Gerrits		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2	Did not advance
		Dorus Nijland		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 6
		Georgius Damen		Unknown 4-9, semifinal 5
Men's 20 kilometres	Semi- finalist	Georgius Damen	None held	Unknown 5th, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		Gerard Bosch van Drakenstein		Unknown 5th, semifinal 2
		Dorus Nijland		Unknown 6-7, semifinal 3
		Johannes van Spengen		Unknown 6-7, semifinal 4
Men's 100 kilometres	Semi- finalist	Georgius Damen	None held	Unknown 7-14, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		Gerard Bosch van Drakenstein		Unknown 7-14, semifinal 1
	—	Dorus Nijland		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
Men's sprint	Heats	Gerard Bosch van Drakenstein	Unknown 2nd, heat 1	did not advance
		Dorus Nijland	Unknown 2nd, heat 5
		Antonie Gerrits	Unknown 2nd, heat 14
	—	Johannes van Spengen	Time limit exceeded —, heat 6
Men's team pursuit	4th	Gerard Bosch van Drakestein Antonie Gerrits Dorus Nijland Johannes van Spengen	Walkover 1st, heat 3	2:44.0 2nd, semifinal 2	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Fencer	First round	Second round	Semi- final	Final
Men's épée	5th	Alfred Labouchere	5-1 (1st in H)	2-2 (2nd in 7)	4-3 (2nd in 1)	2-5
	Second round	Jetze Doorman	4-1 (1st in J)	2-2 (3rd in 1)	Did not advance
	First round	Johan van Schreven	4-4 (4th in B)	Did not advance
		Max Dwinger	2-4 (4th in C)
		Simon Okker	3-2 (4th in K)
		George van Rossem	2-6 (7th in D)
		Maurits van Löben Sels	3-6 (7th in E)
		Willem van Blijenburgh	1-6 (7th in G)
Men's sabre	7th	Jetze Doorman	3-2 (2nd in A)	2-2 (2nd in 7)	5-2 (1st in 2)	1-6
	Second round	Richard Schoemaker	2-2 (2nd in D)	2-2 (3rd in 1)	Did not advance
		George van Rossem	4-1 (1st in L)	2-2 (3rd in 2)
		Willem van Blijenburgh	3-2 (3rd in I)	1-3 (3rd in 6)
		Alfred Labouchere	4-1 (1st in C)	1-3 (3rd in 6)
		Adrianus de Jong	2-1 (1st in E)	1-3 (4th in 3)
		Gustaaf van Hulstijn	4-1 (2nd in K)	Did not start
	First round	Lion van Minden	2-3 (4th in G)	Did not advance
		Johan van Schreven	3-4 (4th in J)
		Maurits van Löben Sels	0-4 (5th in F)
		Jan de Beaufort	2-4 (5th in M)

Event	Place	Fencers	Play-in match	First round	Semi- finals	Final	Repechage	Silver medal match
Men's team épée	9th	Jetze Doorman Adrianus de Jong Alfred Labouchere George van Rossem	Lost to Great Britain 9-7 Out 9th place	Did not advance			Not relegated
Men's team sabre	6th	Jetze Doorman Adrianus de Jong Jacob van Löben Sels George van Rossem	Not held	Lost to Bohemia 9-8 Out 6th place	Did not advance		Not relegated

Football

Main article: Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands was represented by the Netherlands national football team.

Event	Place	Players	First round	Semifinals	Final	Bronze match
Men's football	3rd	Reinier Beeuwkes, Frans de Bruyn Kops, Karel Heijting, Jan Kok, Bok de Korver (captain), Emil Mundt, Louis Otten, Jops Reeman, Edu Snethlage, Ed Sol, Jan Thomée, Caius Welcker	Bye	Lost vs. Great Britain 4-0	Did not advance	Won vs. Sweden 2-0

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Gymnast	Score
Men's all-around	49th	Michel Biet	187.5
	60th	Gerardus Wesling	165
	61st	Reinier Blom	160.5
	62nd	Isidore Goudeket	159
	63rd	Johannes Stikkelman	159
	64th	Emanuel Brouwer	158
	66th	Johannes Posthumus	155.5
	69th	Dirk Janssen	153.5
	71st	Cornelus Becker	152.5
	72nd	Jan Janssen	150.5
	74th	Jan Jacob Kieft	149.5
	78th	Abraham Mok	151
	83rd	Hendricus Thijsen	127
	90th	Johann Flemer	118.5
	93rd	Constantijn van Daalen	116.5
	95th	Herman van Leeuwen	101
	96th	Jonas Slier	96

Event	Place	Gymnast	Score
Men's team	7th	Cornelus Becker, Michel Biet, Jan de Boer, Reinier Blom, Jan Bolt, Emanuel Brouwer, Constantijn van Daalen, Johann Flemer, Johannes Göckel, Isidore Goudeket, Dirk Janssen, Jan Jacob Kieft, Salomon Konijn, Herman van Leeuwen, Abraham Mok, Abraham de Oliviera, Johannes Posthumus, Johan Schmitt, Jonas Slier, Johannes Stikkelman, Hendricus Thijsen, Gerardus Wesling	297

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Rowers	First round	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Men's coxless four	3rd	Hermannus Höfte, Albertus Wielsma, Johan Burk, Bernardus Croon	None held		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2	Did not advance

Shooting

Event	Place	Shooter	Score
Men's 300 metre free rifle	22nd	Pieter van Waas	768
	32nd	Petrus ten Bruggen Cate	726
Men's team free rifle	7th	Gerard van den Bergh Christiaan Brosch Cornelis van Altenburg Antonie de Gee Uilke Vuurman Pieter Jan Brussaard	4130
Men's individual pistol	12th	Jacob van der Kop	447
	24th	Petrus ten Bruggen Cate	421
	36th	Jan Johannes de Blécourt	381
	40th	Gerard van den Bergh	343
	41st	Christiaan Brosch	337
	43rd	Antonie de Gee	226
Men's team pistol	6th	Jacob van der Kop Gerard van den Bergh Jan Johannes de Blécourt Petrus ten Bruggen Cate	1632
Men's individual trap shooting	7th	John Wilson	53
	14th	Cornelis Viruly	48
	15th	Eduardus van Voorst tot Voorst	47
		Franciscus van Voorst tot Voorst	47
	22nd	Romain de Favauge	29
	26th	Jacob Laan	21
Men's team trap shooting	4th	Eduardus van Voorst tot Voorst Cornelis Viruly Franciscus van Voorst tot Voorst Rudolf van Pallandt Romain de Favauge John Wilson	Unknown

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Swimmer	Heats	Semifinals	Final
Men's 100 metre freestyle	Heats	Lambertus Benenga	1:13.2 2nd, heat 3	Did not advance
		Bouke Benenga	Unknown 3-6, heat 1
Men's 400 metre freestyle	Heats	Friedrich Meuring	Unknown 4-5, heat 7	Did not advance
Men's 1500 metre freestyle	Heats	Pieter Ooms	27:24.4 3rd, heat 2	Did not advance
	—	Eduard Meijer	Did not finish —, heat 6
Men's 100 metre backstroke	Heats	Bartholomeus Roodenburch	1:36.0 2nd, heat 3	Did not advance
		Johan Cortlever	Unknown 2nd, heat 7

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Name	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Men's singles	16th	Roelof van Lennep	Bye	Lost to Foulkes	Did not advance
	26th	Christiaan van Lennep	Lost to R. Powell	Did not advance
Men's doubles	7th	Christiaan van Lennep Roelof van Lennep	None held	Bye	Lost to Cazalet/Dixon	Did not advance

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Canada	0	2	.000
Great Britain	0	1	.000
Total	0	3	.000

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Water poloists	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Men's water polo	4th	Bouke Benenga, Johan Cortlever, Jan Hulswit, Eduard Meijer, Karel Meijer, Pieter Ooms, Johan Rühl	Lost to Belgium 8-1	Did not advance

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Wrestler	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Greco-Roman lightweight	9th	Ulferd Bruseker	Bye	Lost to Malmström	Did not advance
	17th	Jacob van Moppes	Lost to Téger	Did not advance
Greco-Roman middleweight	5th	Jaap Belmer	Defeated Grundmann	Defeated Týfa	Lost to Andersen	Did not advance
	9th	Aäron Lelie	Bye	Lost to Larsson	Did not advance
		Jacobus Lorenz	Bye	Lost to Andersen
	17th	Gerrit Duijm	Lost to Larsson	Did not advance
Greco-Roman light heavyweight	5th	Jacob van Westrop	Bye	Defeated Kivimäki	Lost to Payr	Did not advance
	9th	Leendert van Oosten	Bye	Lost to Jensen	Did not advance
		Douwe Wijbrands	Defeated Luntzer	Lost to Larsson

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Bohemia	1	0	1.000
Denmark	0	5	.000
Finland	1	0	1.000
Germany	1	0	1.000
Hungary	1	2	.333
Sweden	0	2	.000
Total	4	9	.308

Sources

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
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